The Supreme Court today allowed BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to plead through his lawyers on the rule questioning the constitutionality of the 15th amendment, which abolished the non-partisan interim government system.

HC Bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury accepted the petition filed by Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to become a party in this case.

Senior advocate Advocate Zainul Abedin took the petition to the bench, saying that his client wanted to present arguments on this issue.

The board is scheduled to hold a hearing tomorrow on the rule questioning the constitutionality of the 15th amendment.

The 15th amendment bill was passed by the Jatiya Sangsad on 30 June 2011 and was signed into law on 3 July the same year. The caretaker government system introduced by the 13th amendment in 1996 was abolished. The law also recognized Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Father of the Nation and increased the number of seats reserved for women in parliament from 45 to 50.

Following the constitutional amendment, three general elections were held this year on January 5, 2014, December 30, 2018 and January 7, with Awami League President Sheikh Hasina as the prime minister. The repeal of the 13th amendment sparked huge controversy and anger among opposition political parties.

Another HC bench headed by Justice Naima Haider, who is currently on leave, had on August 19 this year asked the respondents to show reasons why the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 should not be declared unconstitutional and why the Constitution should not be declared unconstitutional. published a rule. Previous actions and transactions made or taken in any way within the scope of this Law should not be considered as past and closed transactions.

Secretaries in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat have been made subject to the rule, which can be returned within 10 days.

The board issued the rule following a writ petition challenging the legality and constitutionality of the 15th amendment.

Five conscious citizens – Badiul Alam Majumdar, human rights organization secretary Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik, Tofail Ahmed, M Hafizuddin Khan, Md Jobirul Hoque Bhuiyan and Zahrah Rahman – filed the petition in the HC on August 18 as a public interest litigation.